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Context
The Centre for the New Economy and Society (CNES) aims to shape prosperous, resilient and equitable economies and societies that create opportunity for all. The Centre creates new insights and develops systems change initiatives across four areas:
1.Economic Growth, Revival and Transformation
2.Work, Wages and Job Creation
3.Education, Skills and Learning
4.Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Social Justice
5. Global Risks
Our work impacts the lives and livelihoods of millions of people globally and provides blueprints for scaling best-in-class approaches. Through collaboration, stakeholders deepen their understanding of complex issues, shape new models and standards and drive scalable, collaborative action for systemic change. The Centre also houses the Forum’s global risks practice, providing risks analysis across a range of topics pertinent to the global agenda.
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The Centre creates new insights and develops initiatives or alliances across four areas. Explore Projects by these 5 action areas
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ECONOMIC GROWTH, REVIVAL AND TRANSFORMATION
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WORK, WAGES AND JOB CREATION
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EDUCATION, SKILLS AND LEARNING
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DIVERSITY, EQUITY, INCLUSION AND SOCIAL JUSTICE
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GLOBAL RISKS PRACTICE
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Engage in 18 multistakeholder projects relating to the Platform’s priorities
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The Jobs Consortium
The Jobs ConsortiumThe Jobs Consortium is a coalition of leaders and initiatives promoting productive employment, growth in the jobs of tomorrow, new standards in the workplace and better wages for all. With increased...
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The Refugee Employment and Employability Initiative
OverviewThe Refugee Employment and Employability Initiative builds on the momentum associated with supporting refugees from Ukraine to create a basis for system-wide global support from employers for refugees that ext...
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Community of Chief Human Resources Officers
A Peer-to-Peer Community of People Leaders The world’s leading Chief Human Resources Officers (CHROs) from 140 companies, across over 20 different industries, spanning North America, Europe, MENA and Asia come togethe...
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Chief Economists Community
The World Economic Forum’s Community of Chief Economists is designed to:Understand the evolving contours of the economy in the context of the pandemic and other unfolding technological, social and political developmen...
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Reskilling Revolution Platform
The Fourth Industrial Revolution is creating demand for millions of new jobs, with vast opportunities for fulfilling people’s aspirations and potential. Yet, at present, the dominant trend and narrative remains one of...
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Global Parity Alliance
Accelerating Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Outcomes The Global Parity Alliance is a cross-industry group of global organizations that are taking holistic action to accelerate diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&...
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Good Work Alliance
OverviewThe Good Work Alliance is a global, cross-industry initiative for forward-thinking companies, with input from unions and independent experts, to leverage their individual and collective power towards building ...
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The SkillsLink Alliance
Making skills the currency of the labour marketThe SkillsLink Alliance is an ecosystem of partnerships between learning providers, employers and governments designed to operationalize the Reskilling Revolution and shi...
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Partnering for Racial Justice in Business
OverviewThe Partnering for Racial Justice in Business initiative is a global coalition of organizations and their C-suite leaders committed to leveraging their individual and collective power to build equitable and ju...
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Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officers Community
A Peer-to-Peer Community of Inclusive LeadersThe world’s leading CDIOs from more than 125 companies, across 20 different industries, spanning North America, Europe, MENA and Asia come together in monthly virtual meeti...
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Market Creators Alliance
The challenges we face today require an economic transformation of depth, scale and speed unmatched by any in human history. The urgency to compress change into meaningful time frames has forced governments into actio...
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Chief Learning Officers Community
ContextThe World Economic Forum’s New Economy and Society Platform aims to work with its partners to provide better education, skills and jobs to 1 billion people by 2030. The urgency around this agenda has been given...
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Gender Parity Accelerators
Gender parity in education and employment is critical for economic growth and societal cohesion. The World Economic Forum estimates that at the current rate of progress, it will take 267.6 years to close the economic ...
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The Valuable 500 - Closing the Disability Inclusion Gap
Accelerating Disability Inclusion through the Power of Business LeadershipThe World Economic Forum Platform for Shaping the Future of the New Economy and Society aims to close the disability inclusion gap by driving b...
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Closing the Innovation Gap Accelerators
Innovation is the driver of competitiveness where the world has made least progress. As the Fourth Industrial Revolution unfolds, its benefits remain concentrated to few pockets of excellence and innovation ecosystems...
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Education 4.0 Alliance
The World Economic Forum’s New Economy and Society Platform aims to work with its partners to provide better education, skills and economic opportunity to 1 billion people by 2030. The Education 4.0 Alliance—a communi...
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Preparing for the Future of Work in Advanced Manufacturing
As part of the cross-industry Preparing for the Future of Work initiative, the Advanced Manufacturing Industry Taskforce is high-Level community of Chief Human Resource Officers, policy makers, experts, Technology Pio...
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Partnership for Global LGBTI Equality (PGLE)
Accelerating LGBTI Equality through the Power of Business LeadershipThe Partnership for Global LGBTI Equality (PGLE) is a coalition of organizations committed to leveraging their individual and collective advocacy to ...
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